{"id":13654,"date":"2016-06-29T15:14:03","date_gmt":"2016-06-29T15:14:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogbox.indianeagle.com\/?p=13654"},"modified":"2016-06-29T15:49:35","modified_gmt":"2016-06-29T15:49:35","slug":"the-romance-of-indian-coffee-wins-gourmand-world-cookbook-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.indianeagle.com\/travelbeats\/the-romance-of-indian-coffee-wins-gourmand-world-cookbook-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Indian Journalist Wins \u2018World\u2019s Best Coffee Book\u2019 Award for His Book &#8216;The Romance of Indian Coffee&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Coffee is our favorite source of ideas and stories. Coffee itself is a theme of few books including \u2018The Romance of Indian Coffee\u2019 by senior journalist P. T. Bopanna from Bengaluru<\/strong>. This book on Indian coffee has won \u2018the World\u2019s Best Coffee Book\u2019 title at the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards held in China.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Published in 2011, the book \u2018The Romance of Indian Coffee\u2019 is a mirror to the history and evolution of Indian coffee<strong>.<\/strong> <strong>It takes a close look at many fascinating aspects and walks through many interesting facts of <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><a style=\"color: #ff6600;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indianeagle.com\/travelbeats\/book-cafes-in-india\/\" target=\"_blank\">coffee culture in India<\/a><\/span><\/strong>. The book offers a 360 degree view of Indian coffee\u2019s uniqueness and popularity in the global market.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>In \u2018The Romance of Indian Coffee,\u2019 author P T Bopanna has chronicled the landmark events in the history of the Indian coffee industry<\/strong>, including how the British planter Ivor Bull from Coorg ideated the \u2018pooling system\u2019 to save Indian coffee during the Second World War.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indianeagle.com\/travelbeats\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Indian-journalist-author-PT-Bopanna-book-The-Romance-of-Indian-Coffee-wins-best-coffee-book-award.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-13660 size-full\" title=\"Indian Journalist PT Bopanna Wins \u2018World\u2019s Best Coffee Book\u2019 Award for His Book 'The Romance of Indian Coffee'\" src=\"https:\/\/www.indianeagle.com\/travelbeats\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Indian-journalist-author-PT-Bopanna-book-The-Romance-of-Indian-Coffee-wins-best-coffee-book-award.jpg\" alt=\"PT Bopanna, The Romance of Indian Coffee, coffee books, books on Coorg\" width=\"650\" height=\"472\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>The book has a dedicated chapter sharing the author\u2019s secrets of making a good cup of coffee and highlighting different ways of preparing different types of coffee including South Indian filter coffee<\/strong>. It also shares some rare recipes of popular coffee concoctions including coffee liquor from the author\u2019s collection.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>One of the chapters is about the day-to-day life of the early British coffee planters in coffee estates across <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><a style=\"color: #ff6600;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indianeagle.com\/travelbeats\/tag\/south-india\/\" target=\"_blank\">South India<\/a><\/span> in 1880s.<\/strong> The book also focuses on the contemporary scenario of coffee cultivation and delves into how current issues like deforestation, climate change, etc. threaten it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u2018The Romance of Indian Coffee\u2019 contains a number of amazing anecdotes about coffee from high-profile personalities in the industry. It is also an interesting read on what makes coffee a charming brew.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Journalist and author P T Bopanna beat other entries from across the world to win the coveted award for his book on Indian coffee. <strong>Even the entries from Brazil and the <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><a style=\"color: #ff6600;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indianeagle.com\/india-to-usa-flights\/\" target=\"_blank\">United States<\/a><\/span> took a backseat in competition with \u2018The Romance of Indian Coffee\u2019 at the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards<\/strong> which recognize the best food and wine books in both print and digital mediums. It hosts renowned cookbook writers and eminent chefs every year.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>P T Bopanna, who got into journalism as a Coorg correspondent of The Hindu newspaper in 1981, has penned five books with focus on his hometown Coorg<\/strong>. Each of the books \u2013 \u2018Discover Coorg,\u2019 \u2018The Rise and Fall of the Coorg State,\u2019 \u2018Dateline Coorg,\u2019 and \u2018Coorg: Land of Beauty and Valor\u2019 \u2013 is a different take on Coorg, one of the <strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><a style=\"color: #ff6600;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indianeagle.com\/travelbeats\/hyderabad-weekend-getaways\/\" target=\"_blank\">weekend getaways<\/a><\/span><\/strong> from Bengaluru in the Indian state of Karnataka.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Also Read<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.indianeagle.com\/travelbeats\/indian-arabica-coffee-of-coorg-at-starbucks-in-seattle-washington\/\" class=\"ss-button default\"><strong>Starbucks to Sell Indian Coffee of Coorg in United States<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Coffee is our favorite source of ideas and stories. 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